We grabbed the selfie in the parking lot after we'd visited the ice cream shop (that reminds me of Meg Brummer in South Dakota!) But it came out bad, so we're going to ignore that selfie and just say we had a great time! And then there's a big, beautiful dish of homemade rice pudding. RECIPE HERE!!!
Everything foams... and it doesn't stop foaming and you stand there, puzzled as all get out, wondering what you did...
And then the light dawns... and you realize you made pudding with 3/4 cup of baking powder, not cornstarch and it didn't exactly work out as planned....
Oops!
3 exploding pans later, the light dawned. :)
Ay yi yi!!!! And here is The Mighty Finn, old enough to climb trees now! And a treasure bucket that they can pull up, into the tree... or let down to gather more treasure!
Nature provides!
And here's something fun and new that the Farmer Dave is doing: Wooden "chasers" for place settings!
What a fun, rustic look!!!
Can you picture a rustic wedding or a cottage dinner or a cabin supper with these? How stinkin' cute???
And then there's this:
And we made roasted potatoes last weekend because it's crazy busy on the farm on weekends and we wanted to have quick food... So I partially cooked about 7 lbs. of potatoes, washed and cut into bite-size pieces.
When about half done, I heated up my electric roaster, threw 2 sticks of butter into it and melted them. Then I sprinkled a generous amount of garlic, paprika, parsley, cajun powder, salt and pepper into the melted butter.
Then we pour the potatoes in.... and toss gently with a spatula, coating everything with seasoned buttery goodness...
And then I just keep cooking them for however long it takes for us to get a break and eat...
Sometimes we forget about them and that only roasts them more!
We don't care, we love them!!!
Our big village AppleFest is this weekend and traditionally that means a busy, busy weekend at the pumpkin patch...
So my writing time and cooking time is minimized, but we get to have a great community experience with the pumpkin farm!
That's it from my neck of the woods...
It's crazy busy here, and this is the storm before the calm....
And oh, yes...
I WAS NOMINATED FOR A CHRISTY AWARD LAST WEEK!!!
I cannot say how exciting that is for me, it was a dream come true because reading the book "Christy" when I was a young mother showed me the kind of writer I wanted to be someday... so being a finalist in this contest was/is so very special!
I finaled in the "Short Form" category, that's novels under 60,000 words and they don't have to be romance... it's any novel under 60,000 words.... so I'm crazy excited to be with these two talented authors as a Christy Award finalist!
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| She gave her daughter up once... Is she strong enough to do it again? |
Here's a link for this beautiful story of a mother's sacrificial love... and the amazing goodness of God's perfect timing. Her Secret Daughter Link to Amazon
And that's what's going on at the farm this week... and for the next few, most likely!
Multi-published, award-winning author Ruth Logan Herne loves to share her joy of writing but doesn't like to brag on herself... except when Christy awards are involved! :)
She helps run a pumpkin farm in Western New York with a lot of pink, blue, coral, beige, white, gray, scarlet and other assorted pumpkins for stacking and decorating fun... and delicious food!
Find her at ruthloganherne.com and friend her on facebook or follow her on Twitter where she confesses her love for The Voice, chocolate and Hostess cupcakes...
Don't judge.
Congrats again on the Christy final, Ruthy! That is so exciting.
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm a huge fan of those chasers. Our oldest son made a bunch of them a few years back and I've been bugging him for some more, but he keeps putting me off. Perhaps I should do the same when he asks me for mashed potatoes.
Speaking of potatoes, I'm intrigued by your roasted potatoes. How easy is that? So you kind of parboil them, then put them in the roaster?
We are enjoying a blessedly cool morning here at the ranch. Only 66 degrees. Had us lingering on the porch over coffee/tea. Haven't done that in FOREVER. But what a great way to start the day.